What is varieties of democracy in Greece?

Varieties of democracy in Greece was 0.741 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest varieties of democracy recorded in Greece?

The highest recorded value was 0.901 in 2009.

What is the lowest varieties of democracy recorded in Greece?

The lowest recorded value was 0.019 in 1809.

How does Greece rank for varieties of democracy?

Greece ranks 43rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is varieties of democracy rising or falling in Greece?

Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Greece data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Varieties of democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Varieties of democracy in Greece

Name: Varieties of democracy in Greece
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Greece: Varieties of democracy was 0.741 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.741

Change on year

down 0.4%

World rank

43rd

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.901

in 2009

All-time low

0.019

in 1809

Years of data

235

1789–2025

Varieties of democracy in Greece, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Greece recorded 0.741 for varieties of democracy in 2025.

That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, varieties of democracy in Greece peaked at 0.901 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.019, in 1809.

That places Greece 43rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Varieties of democracy in Greece, year by year

Annual values for Varieties of democracy in Greece, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.02	—
1790	0.02	+0.0%
1791	0.02	+0.0%
1792	0.02	+0.0%
1793	0.02	+0.0%
1794	0.02	+0.0%
1795	0.02	+0.0%
1796	0.02	+0.0%
1797	0.02	+0.0%
1798	0.02	+0.0%
1799	0.02	+0.0%
1800	0.02	+0.0%
1801	0.02	+0.0%
1802	0.02	+0.0%
1803	0.02	+0.0%
1804	0.02	+0.0%
1805	0.02	+0.0%
1806	0.02	+0.0%
1807	0.02	+0.0%
1808	0.02	+0.0%
1809	0.019	-5.0%
1810	0.019	+0.0%
1811	0.019	+0.0%
1812	0.019	+0.0%
1813	0.019	+0.0%
1814	0.019	+0.0%
1815	0.019	+0.0%
1816	0.019	+0.0%
1817	0.019	+0.0%
1818	0.019	+0.0%
1819	0.019	+0.0%
1820	0.019	+0.0%
1821	0.019	+0.0%
1822	0.156	+721.1%
1823	0.156	+0.0%
1824	0.156	+0.0%
1825	0.156	+0.0%
1826	0.156	+0.0%
1827	0.156	+0.0%
1828	0.156	+0.0%
1829	0.156	+0.0%
1830	0.156	+0.0%
1831	0.162	+3.8%
1832	0.162	+0.0%
1833	0.13	-19.8%
1834	0.13	+0.0%
1835	0.13	+0.0%
1836	0.13	+0.0%
1837	0.13	+0.0%
1838	0.13	+0.0%
1839	0.13	+0.0%
1840	0.13	+0.0%
1841	0.13	+0.0%
1842	0.13	+0.0%
1843	0.175	+34.6%
1844	0.226	+29.1%
1845	0.207	-8.4%
1846	0.207	+0.0%
1847	0.206	-0.5%
1848	0.206	+0.0%
1849	0.206	+0.0%
1850	0.215	+4.4%
1851	0.252	+17.2%
1852	0.252	+0.0%
1853	0.252	+0.0%
1854	0.251	-0.4%
1855	0.251	+0.0%
1856	0.243	-3.2%
1857	0.217	-10.7%
1858	0.217	+0.0%
1859	0.232	+6.9%
1860	0.253	+9.1%
1861	0.252	-0.4%
1862	0.246	-2.4%
1863	0.243	-1.2%
1864	0.219	-9.9%
1865	0.251	+14.6%
1866	0.269	+7.2%
1867	0.269	+0.0%
1868	0.232	-13.8%
1869	0.251	+8.2%
1870	0.268	+6.8%
1871	0.268	+0.0%
1872	0.268	+0.0%
1873	0.267	-0.4%
1874	0.243	-9.0%
1875	0.265	+9.1%
1876	0.392	+47.9%
1877	0.392	+0.0%
1878	0.392	+0.0%
1879	0.392	+0.0%
1880	0.394	+0.5%
1881	0.394	+0.0%
1882	0.392	-0.5%
1883	0.392	+0.0%
1884	0.392	+0.0%
1885	0.351	-10.5%
1886	0.336	-4.3%
1887	0.388	+15.5%
1888	0.389	+0.3%
1889	0.389	+0.0%
1890	0.389	+0.0%
1891	0.388	-0.3%
1892	0.389	+0.3%
1893	0.39	+0.3%
1894	0.39	+0.0%
1895	0.391	+0.3%
1896	0.392	+0.3%
1897	0.392	+0.0%
1898	0.392	+0.0%
1899	0.393	+0.3%
1900	0.387	-1.5%
1901	0.387	+0.0%
1902	0.384	-0.8%
1903	0.363	-5.5%
1904	0.363	+0.0%
1905	0.36	-0.8%
1906	0.365	+1.4%
1907	0.366	+0.3%
1908	0.366	+0.0%
1909	0.365	-0.3%
1910	0.361	-1.1%
1911	0.354	-1.9%
1912	0.37	+4.5%
1913	0.374	+1.1%
1914	0.374	+0.0%
1915	0.358	-4.3%
1916	0.25	-30.2%
1917	0.22	-12.0%
1920	0.367	+66.8%
1921	0.367	+0.0%
1922	0.336	-8.4%
1923	0.258	-23.2%
1924	0.369	+43.0%
1925	0.252	-31.7%
1926	0.176	-30.2%
1927	0.357	+102.8%
1928	0.357	+0.0%
1929	0.359	+0.6%
1930	0.358	-0.3%
1931	0.358	+0.0%
1932	0.359	+0.3%
1933	0.354	-1.4%
1934	0.354	+0.0%
1935	0.301	-15.0%
1936	0.061	-79.7%
1937	0.045	-26.2%
1938	0.045	+0.0%
1939	0.045	+0.0%
1940	0.042	-6.7%
1941	0.041	-2.4%
1942	0.046	+12.2%
1943	0.046	+0.0%
1944	0.047	+2.2%
1945	0.119	+153.2%
1946	0.181	+52.1%
1947	0.27	+49.2%
1948	0.272	+0.7%
1949	0.272	+0.0%
1950	0.306	+12.5%
1951	0.31	+1.3%
1952	0.315	+1.6%
1953	0.385	+22.2%
1954	0.387	+0.5%
1955	0.389	+0.5%
1956	0.389	+0.0%
1957	0.388	-0.3%
1958	0.389	+0.3%
1959	0.389	+0.0%
1960	0.389	+0.0%
1961	0.387	-0.5%
1962	0.376	-2.8%
1963	0.379	+0.8%
1964	0.395	+4.2%
1965	0.395	+0.0%
1966	0.342	-13.4%
1967	0.115	-66.4%
1968	0.074	-35.7%
1969	0.074	+0.0%
1970	0.074	+0.0%
1971	0.074	+0.0%
1972	0.074	+0.0%
1973	0.074	+0.0%
1974	0.136	+83.8%
1975	0.744	+447.1%
1976	0.812	+9.1%
1977	0.827	+1.8%
1978	0.826	-0.1%
1979	0.826	+0.0%
1980	0.826	+0.0%
1981	0.834	+1.0%
1982	0.848	+1.7%
1983	0.848	+0.0%
1984	0.857	+1.1%
1985	0.858	+0.1%
1986	0.858	+0.0%
1987	0.861	+0.3%
1988	0.861	+0.0%
1989	0.867	+0.7%
1990	0.882	+1.7%
1991	0.882	+0.0%
1992	0.882	+0.0%
1993	0.882	+0.0%
1994	0.884	+0.2%
1995	0.884	+0.0%
1996	0.884	+0.0%
1997	0.883	-0.1%
1998	0.883	+0.0%
1999	0.883	+0.0%
2000	0.882	-0.1%
2001	0.887	+0.6%
2002	0.887	+0.0%
2003	0.887	+0.0%
2004	0.889	+0.2%
2005	0.89	+0.1%
2006	0.89	+0.0%
2007	0.895	+0.6%
2008	0.9	+0.6%
2009	0.901	+0.1%
2010	0.901	+0.0%
2011	0.901	+0.0%
2012	0.897	-0.4%
2013	0.889	-0.9%
2014	0.889	+0.0%
2015	0.88	-1.0%
2016	0.872	-0.9%
2017	0.868	-0.5%
2018	0.859	-1.0%
2019	0.864	+0.6%
2020	0.788	-8.8%
2021	0.76	-3.6%
2022	0.762	+0.3%
2023	0.735	-3.5%
2024	0.744	+1.2%
2025	0.741	-0.4%

Greece compared with similar countries

Greece's 0.741 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.786, 94% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Greece's 0.741 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.737, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Varieties of democracy in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1822	+721.1%	0.019	0.156
1975	+447.1%	0.136	0.744
1945	+153.2%	0.047	0.119
1927	+102.8%	0.176	0.357
1974	+83.8%	0.074	0.136
1936	-79.7%	0.301	0.061

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.02	0.02	0.02	1
1790s	0.02	0.02	0.02	10
1800s	0.0199	0.019	0.02	10
1810s	0.019	0.019	0.019	10
1820s	0.1286	0.019	0.156	10
1830s	0.139	0.13	0.162	10
1840s	0.1823	0.13	0.226	10
1850s	0.2382	0.215	0.252	10
1860s	0.2485	0.219	0.269	10
1870s	0.3147	0.243	0.392	10
1880s	0.3817	0.336	0.394	10
1890s	0.3906	0.388	0.393	10
1900s	0.3706	0.36	0.387	10
1910s	0.3326	0.22	0.374	8
1920s	0.3198	0.176	0.369	10
1930s	0.228	0.045	0.359	10
1940s	0.1336	0.041	0.272	10
1950s	0.3647	0.306	0.389	10
1960s	0.2926	0.074	0.395	10
1970s	0.4467	0.074	0.827	10
1980s	0.8518	0.826	0.867	10
1990s	0.8829	0.882	0.884	10
2000s	0.8908	0.882	0.901	10
2010s	0.882	0.859	0.901	10
2020s	0.755	0.735	0.788	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is varieties of democracy in Greece?: Varieties of democracy in Greece was 0.741 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest varieties of democracy recorded in Greece?: The highest recorded value was 0.901 in 2009.
What is the lowest varieties of democracy recorded in Greece?: The lowest recorded value was 0.019 in 1809.
How does Greece rank for varieties of democracy?: Greece ranks 43rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is varieties of democracy rising or falling in Greece?: Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Greece data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Varieties of democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Varieties of democracy
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,649 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which political leaders are elected under comprehensive suffrage in free and fair elections, and freedoms of association and expression are guaranteed.